Brad Ashford (D-NE) finding that aisles in Washington will be tough gulfs to cross

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Brad Ashford speaks to reporters Nov. 5 after his election win. He promised to find 25 friends from both parties to work with, but he may find that vow harder to fulfill in Washington’s polarized environment than he had realized.

POSTED: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014 12:30 AM
By Joseph Morton / World-Herald Bureau

WASHINGTON — Soon after arriving in the nation’s capital, Rep.-elect Brad Ashford found himself at a dinner for House members where he noticed something odd.

The GOP lawmakers who came through the door weren’t sitting down. Instead, they were cutting through the room on the way to their own dinner down the hall.

In Washington, Ashford noted, even meals break along party lines.

“It’s nuts,” Ashford, a Democrat, told The World-Herald. “They don’t even have dinner together. It’s just bizarre.”

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